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CHAP. XXXV, 
Of the W o l f. 
T H E Wolf is a little white Worm or 
Maggot that infefts Granaries and 
Corn-chambers, and unlefs proper Care be 
taken will do unfpeakable Damage.-—-I call 
it a Worm or Maggot , becaufe under that 
Form it does the Mifchief, though in its 
perfect State it is really a fmall Moth , whofe 
Wings are white, fpotted with black Spots. 
This little Maggot has fix Legs ; and, as 
it creeps along, there blues from its Mouth 
an exceeding fine Thread or Web, by which 
it faftens itfelf to every Thing it touches, fo 
that it cannot fall. Its Mouth is armed with 
a Pair of reddifh Forceps, or biting Inftru- 
ments, wherewith it gnaws its Way, not only 
into Wheat and other Grain, but perforates 
even wooden Beams, Boxes, Books, and al- 
moll any thing it meets with. 
Towards the End of Summer, this per¬ 
nicious Vermin (in Corn-chambers infefied 
with them) may be feen crawling up the 
Walls in great Numbers, in Search of pro¬ 
per Places where they may abide in Safety 
during their Continuance in their Aurelia 
State : for when the Time of undergoing a 
Change into that State approaches, they for- 
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